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In the room. this is shortly after it all ended on sunday night and that body that you saw in the picture, that was in fact, authorities say the gunman who died from a self-inflicted wound, learning just a little bit more about the chaos inside. they do say the crime scene processing of that room is going to take much longer. theyre about finished with the concert venue which would be collecting spent bullets and shrapnel and anything else that would be evidentiary in nature, but the hotel room,...

Maybe made some statements in the immediate aftermath of his murderous rampage there. so that can all be put into evidence. but its got to be put on top of appropriate crime scene processing. so thats what were watching today. >> as we heard earlier, it was amazing sound bite to hear an eyewitness account of what had happened from lucy. but it brings up another point. this is something that that veed jamali had spoken about. we dont know if this was a direct attack or impulsive act, a lone wolf....

No trap in there. theyre looking for anything that could endanger everybody they protect. if theres nothing found, theyll tow the vehicle for crime scene processing or they could do some light processing even right there. but first they got to make it safe. your question is right on. first they make it safe, the investigation then is all into the person that they took into custody. who are they, why are they there, what was their intent and what was their capability. so the detectives and the sp...

Into our command center. some of those agents are part of our evidence response teams, who are highly trained in crime scene processing. they continue to meticulously document evidence located at the crime scene teams from knoxville, memphis and atlanta and trajectory experts from the the fbi laboratory are work on both scenes. fbi agents are partnering with state and locals to run down every lead that we have received. thus far we have covered approximately 70 leads and as our team continues to...

Still in its early stages, it would be premature to speculate on why the shooter did what he did. however, we are conducting an investigation to determine whether this person acted alone. was inspired or directed and well exhaust all efforts to determine why and how this horrible act happened. because this is an ongoing investigation we are somewhat limited what we can discuss but as i speak personnel from the fbi, atf, hsi, troopers from the tennessee highway patrol chattanooga police officers ...

Really worked hard to maintain a safe environment. weve worked with them. it is -- it is somewhat a personal tragedy. >> any -- anything leading up to this, something may have happened? >> no. this was -- you know, unexpected. if we had the slightest hint something would have happened we would have done everything to stop it. >> any other firearms, any other munitions in the car? >> i cannot speak to that, as i said. were going to have to vet and evaluate things that we find in the car and look ...

Crime scene processing. i can tell you that the cooperation with all 0 levels from federal down to local has been outstanding. fortunately, although this matters very horrific, and terrific, a very bad situation, i can tell you that everything, including putting the suspect in custody, occurred rather quickly. and i would estimate that time from the time that the officer put out the call on the police radio to the time that the responders got there, and me was secured, probably a matter of five ...

And quite deadly effective. >> one of the things we have been talking about in the last day and a half in this investigation is how law enfo e enforcement officials will be looking for a bomb-making signature. some sign that shows where the bomb was put together and where they received their instructions. as youre looking at these pictures, are these the types of things that give you a sense of these signatures? >> quite reminiscent of some major cases i worked on while with ncis. using a device...

an event that enraged the catholic church was interrupted by an abortion protester. it was a speech by health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius at georgetown university. lets listen. >> having spent my entire life in public service -- i spent my entire life in public service -- [ cheers and applause ] >> cheers of support there from the graduates. the church had blasted georgetown for inviting sebelius not because of the obama administrations position on abortion, but chur...

And what we dont know at this point? >> reporter: what we know is the primary crime scene behind us, about a block and a half away and it remains closed today. the truck that the suspect rented yesterday, law enforcement says hours before the attack, is still there. why? because its a crime scene. the fact is the suspect is alive and so the crime scene processing is taking place in the advent of charges and a criminal investigation leading to criminal charges. we are learning more about the hero...